“My own husband was divorced when we met, but without kids. I don't know what I would have done if he'd had them. I got the message very early on that the worst mistake a woman can make is marrying a man with children.” IfsKnowsMenChildrenDoneKidsMy OwnMistakeWorstMetsHusbandMessagesDivorcedMarrying Author:Ayelet Waldman
“I know also another man who married a widow with several children; and when one of the girls had grown into her teens he insisted on marrying her also, having first by some means won her affections. The mother, however, was much opposed to this marriage, and finally gave up her husband entirely to her daughter; and to this very day the daughter bears children to her stepfather, living as wife in the same house with her mother!” KnowsMenFirstsMeanChildrenMotherGirlHouseWifeBearsHusbandMarriedDaughterAffectionTeensAnother ManGave UpWidowsMarryingPolygamyStepfathersMarrying Her Author:T. B. H. Stenhouse
“Aside from marrying my husband and having my children, hiking the PCT was the best thing I ever did. The hike very literally forced me to put one foot in front of the other at a time when emotionally I didn't think I could do that.” ThinkingChildrenFeetFrontsHusbandBest ThingsMy ChildrenMy HusbandHikingMarrying Author:Cheryl Strayed
“My mother-in-law must be the probation officer I got for the crime I committed of marrying my husband.” LawMotherCrimeHusbandCommittedMy HusbandOfficersIn-lawsMarryingMother In LawProbation Author:Phyllis Diller
“Women can go on marrying and pretending that their boyfriends and husbands are Mr. Darcy or some RomCom dream man. But where's that going to get 'em? Besides divorce court?” MenDreamGoes OnHusbandCourtDivorceEmsPretendingMarryingDarcy Author:Dan Savage
“Oh, of course there's a risk in marrying anybody, but, when it's all said and done, there's many a worse thing than a husband.” SaidDoneCoursesRiskHusbandMarryingSaid And Done Author:Lucy Maud Montgomery